Toy gun.



O. W. MALONEY.

TOY GUN. APPLICATION FILED MAR-26, 1915.

1,168,950. Patented Jan.18, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Efatent.

Patented J an. 18, 1916.

Application filed March 26, 1915. Serial No. 17,189.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN W. MALONEY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns, of which itsterminals engaging the free ends of said I formation. 4/

members so that when the trigger mechanism 1s actuated the members areforcibly spread apart and operate to eject a projectile from apropelling device secured to the members ad acent the free ends thereof.

, The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustratingthe invention, is shown in the accompanying drawing; but it is to beexpressly understood that the particular construction shown in thedrawing is used only for facilitating the description of the inventionas a whole and not for defining the limits thereof, reference being hadto the appended claims for this purpose.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention; Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transversesection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe invention showing the pivoted members thereof spread apart. I

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which likereference characters designate similar parts, the numeral 5 indicates astock having a suitable handle 6 formed integrally therewith andextending laterally at right angles thereto. The stock 5'is providedwith a pair of adjacent pivot pins 7, each adapted to receive one end ofa member 8 which is preferably made of metal and of channeled Eachmember 8 is provided upon its upper face with a cut out portion 9 sothat when the members are in the position shown in Fig. 1 said out outportions will form an opening large enough for the reception of aprojectile 10. The stock 5 is provided on the under side thereof with anelongated aperture '11 inwhich ispivoted at 12 a trigger-13 in the formof a bell crank lever. The trigger 13 has pivoted at one end thereof asmall upright 14 which extends upwardly through an opening 15communicating with the elongated aperture 11. The upper end of theupright 1 1 is provided with a transversely extending arm 16, each endof which is provided with a small projection 17 adapted to engage anopening 18 formed in the under face of each of the channeled members 8.hen the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the 'projections 17are in engagement with the members 8 and retain them in this position. Asmall coiled springl is mounted in the opening 15 and has one endsecured to the stock while the other end is secured in the upright 14:whereby the arm 16 is yieldably retained in the position illustrated inFig. 3, the operation of the trigger 13 being against the tension of thesaid spring.

Each of the members 8 is provided in the free end thereof with a stud orpivot 20 to which is secured one end of a projectile propelling device21 in the form of a sling. This sling 21 is preferably made of somestrong flexible material such as leather and is adapted to assume theform of a loop, when the parts are in the position illustrated in Fig.1, in order to receive the projectile 10.

A strong spring 22 is coiled intermediate its ends about each of thepivots 7 and the terminals 23 of said springextend along and engage theinner side of the bottom of the channeled members 8 whereby the freeends thereof are forced apart into the position shown in Fig. 1 when thetrigger is operated to withdraw the projections 17 from the openings 18in said members. It will be apparent that when the members are releasedas just described the sling 21 will be forcibly straightened, as shownin Fig. 4, and the projectile 10 will be forcibly propelled therefrom.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ofthe character described comprising pivoted members, means releasablyengaging said members for retaining the free ends thereof together, aprojectile propelling device carried by said members,

ing the freeends thereof together, a projec} tile propelling devicecarried bysaid members, and means for ejecting the projectile fromsaidpropelling device when said re-.

leasable means is actuated.

V 3. A device of the character described comprising a pair of channeledmembers pivoted at adjacent ends thereof, means releasably engagingsaid'members for retaining the free ends thereof together, a projec- Ytile propellingidevice carried by said members, and means engaging saidmembers for forcing them apart to eject the projectile from saidpropelling device when said rei i carried by the stock and engaging saidmemleasable means is actuated. 6

4:. A device of the character described comprising a pair of channeledmembers pivoted at adjacent ends thereof, 'm'eans releasably engagingsaid members, for retaining the free ends thereof together, a prosecuredat one endthereof to said stock,

jectile propelling device carried by said members, and a trlggerfforoperating Silld' releasable means; 1' p,

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a stock,pivoted members releasable ,means for. retaining the other ends of saidmembers together, means for actuating said releasable -means,. and meansfor propelling a projectile, from said memhere when the releasable meansis operated. 6. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a stock, pivoted members means, and means forpropelling aproj ectile from said members when said releasable means isoperated.

r 7 In a device of the character described, the combination of a stock,pivoted members.

secured at one endthereof tosaid stock, releasable means for retainingthe other ends of said members together, means for forcing the free-endsof said members apart when r the releasable means is actuated, and meansfor propelling a projectile from said-(members'when the latter areforcedapart;

, secured at oneendthereof to saidstock, re-

8. In a device of-the character described, the combination of a stock,pivoted members leasable ineansforretain ing the other ends of saidmembers together, means'for actuating said releasable means, means forforcing the freeends of said members, apart when the releasable 'meansis actuated, and means carried by said members for propelling aprojectile therefrom when the. same are forced apart. V g

9. In a 'device of the character described, the combination of a stock,pivoted members secured at one end thereof tosaid stock, re-

leasable means for retaining the other ends of' said members together,means for forcing the free ends of said members apartwhen the releasablemeans is actuated,-and flexible means carried bysaid members forpropelling the projectile therefrom when the same are forced apart. 7

1'0. Ina device of the character described the combination of a stock,apair of mem bers pivoted thereto, a trigger mechanism bers to retainthefree ends thereof together, a sprlng engaging said members to force themapart, whenthe trigger mechanism is actuated, and a flexible slingcarried by said members. 1

11. In a device of the'character described, the combination of a stock,a pair of channeled members pivoted thereto, a trigger mechanism carriedbythe stock and engag ing said members to retain the free ends thereoftogether, a spring coiled intermediate the ends thereof about the pivotsof said members and having its terminals engaging said members to forcethesame apart when the trigger mechanism is actuated, and a flexibleslingconnected tothe free ends of said pivoted members. V

12. In a devieeof the character described, the combination of a stock, apair of channeled members pivoted to said stock and provided withoppositely disposed cut out p'ortionsforming an aperture for thereception'of a projectile, a trigger mechanism carried bythe stock andengaging "said members to retain the free ends'thereof together, aspring for forcing said members apart when thetrigger mechanism isactuated, and

a flexible propelling device carried by said members for ejecting saidprojectile therefrom." v 7 13. In a device of the character described,the combination of a stock having a handle formed thereon, triggercontrolled members pivoted to said stock, and projectile propellingmeans carried by said members and actuated by the operation thereof. 7 VOWEN MALONEY.

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